Engineer Application Developer - Assembler/COBOL

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.

We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

We are seeking an Engineer Application Developer to join our Protection Core Admin team at Protective Life Corporation. This person selected for this role will be responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software systems.  Works closely with business analysts and customers to gather requirements to ensure the customer’s business needs and expectations are met in a timely and cost effective manner.   Diagnoses, isolates and de-bugs software problems and provides resolution. Prepares and modifies technical documentation.  Provides on call support. 

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and evaluate information to successfully design and develop systems.
• Design, construct, modify and test system changes
• Ensure systems effectively interact with existing systems/processes
• Understand business needs and provide quality customer support  
• Develops an understanding of the business needs. Meet customer requirements, anticipate needs and/or problems and understand the broad impact of changes on customer processes
• Provide appropriate solutions and proactively suggests process improvements
• Provide thorough and complete documentation for all designs following corporate standards
• Provide an appropriate level of feedback to fellow team members, stakeholders and management

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field or 4 years of applicable work experience
• Assembler, COBOL and CICS language expertise
• JCL and VSAM experience required
• IBM mainframe environment (LIFE-COMM, LIFE/70) experience required
• Advanced programming skills with ability to design software solutions that meet complex requirements
• Thorough understanding of various data structures, implementation patterns and practices
• Ability to multitask, manage multiple priorities and work well under the pressure of deadlines
• Ability to solve complex technical problems
• Must be self- motivated, able to work and learn independently, coachable and committed to continuous learning
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and team members, both verbally and in writing
• Experience in Underwriting and Issue processes preferred
• Experience with PDF and billing is preferred

$60,000 - $75,000 a year

Employee Benefits:  

We aim to protect our employees' wellbeing through a broad benefits offering. For example, we protect physical wellbeing through health, dental and vision insurance. We protect mental wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. We protect time away from work with a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g. , paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). We protect financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.  

 

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans.

Diversity and Inclusion :

At Protective, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture where all employees are able to fully contribute and thrive. Our goal is to grow and develop our people, attract diverse talent and support strong, diverse communities.

We support diversity, equity, and inclusion by working to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging led by leaders who develop potential and embrace unique skills and abilities. Our aim is to create an equitable and accountable environment for all leaders and employees that will drive performance and impact business strategy. In this way, we can increase overall diversity for leadership roles and pipelines of talent by maturing our hiring practices, robust development opportunities and focus on retention of key talent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing the talents of a diverse and inclusive workforce.